Yay! We have tickets! We thought we’d found a deal through Orbitz but, by the time we could get my aunt on the phone to make the reservations they had been sold out from under us. Such is the travel game, no?

She tinkered a bit, had sessions time out and all manner of increases after 2 seconds but finally found flights on Delta that DON’T go through the dreaded Charlotte and get us there and back at reasonable hours. Granted, we’re flying into Newark (which I cannot say without over-pronouncing the final ‘k’ in a separate syllable) but hey, this means we get a 90 minute tour of the New Jersey countryside coming and going. Hah. But hey, I get the window seats! Woot!

In other aggravation, I decided to call and check on my referrals since I had yet to hear from the gastroenterologist about setting up an appoint and while I’m not exactly looking *forward* to getting tubed, it does need to be done. Well, imagine my surprise when not a single referral showed up under my policy number. Not even referrals to the current specialist or to Shands! Oops!

Thankfully I soon found a human being to ask about it (instead of just the automated system) and there IS the gastro referral but none of the others. So…. after a few calls to my doctor’s office and being assured that the nurse has ‘got my back’ (which made me smile more than cringe I’m happy to say) those referrals should be taken care of shortly. Which is good, because I certainly wasn’t interested in driving 2+ hours to an appointment only to be stuck with more than just a co-pay! Also, I now have an appointment with the DDC (digestive disease clinic, how appetizing!) for an evaluation. Sheesh, that’s three appointments with three different doctors the first three weeks of November. This is going to be such a fun month…